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US 5,814,051 AGranted
Suture anchor insertion system
AssigneeMitex Surgical Products, Inc.
InventorRichard F. Wenstrom, Jr.
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Abstract
A suture anchor insertion system includes a suture anchor installation tool having a handle, a retaining chamber formed integrally with the handle, and an elongate suture anchor inserting member. The system may also include a suture anchor releasably engaged on a distal end of the suture anchor inserting member, a packet at least partially disposed within the retaining chamber, and a suture thread having an intermediate portion attached to the suture anchor and two free ends stored within the packet.
Claims24
A suture anchor insertion system, comprising:
- an elongate handle having a proximal end, a distal end and a side wall disposed between the proximal and distal ends;
- an elongate suture anchor inserting member extending from the distal end of the handle and having a suture anchor seating element at a distal end thereof, the suture seating element being effective to releasably seat a suture anchor;
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- a retaining chamber integral with the side wall of the handle, the retaining chamber having an opening facing substantially toward the distal end of the handle.
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A suture anchor installation tool comprising:
- an elongate handle having a proximal end, a distal end and a side wall disposed between the proximal and distal ends;
- a hollow elongate suture anchor inserting member extending from the distal end of the handle and having a suture anchor seating element on a distal end thereof for releasably seating a suture anchor;
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- a retaining chamber extending into the handle and being substantially coaxial with the handle, the chamber having an opening facing the distal end of the handle.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.